There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.

My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is.

The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.

When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.